Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-20
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BLAZING FORESTS.
Terrible Conf igrations Il a
cling In the Michigan
Woods.

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Robbers Hold up q Texas Train---A
Miro Giycerine Explosion in
4 Minnesota.
Forest Fires.
Marquette, Mich, May 19-Forest
firest are still raging every where and
smoke is dense. No casualties are re.
ported, but thousands OF dollars of
damage hns been done. From all
quarters come reports OF heavy damages.
Owing to the telegraph. poles being
burned full reports are not possible.
Nothing definite has been learned from
Camp No. s, where the big fire ragged
last night. I'll Thiss wind is still light and
the forest dry. There are fears of q
general coniagration. Fully 1000 are
fighting fires on the peninsula to-day
and q repetition Of this awful Peshtigo
fire Is feared. Fires appear TO be raging
everywhere. The Italians OF camp No.
8, who were surrounded by fire las.
night, succeeded IN 8 avlng their lives,
but lost The camp. No fatalities are re-
ported, and it Is thought that when
definite news arrives from camp No. 3
it is feared the report will be worse.
The firesars within two miles Of Ishpe-
ming but no danger is anticipated 81
that place.
Detroit, May l9-An Evening Journal
special from Magazines, Mich, says:
Forest 6res are raging with unabated
fierceness in this vicinity. A fierce fire
Just north Of town filed the air with
binding smoke, ashes and burning en-
beIa last night, and Il was feared they
would set Ere to the town, but the wind
vee-ed slightly and the danger was
averted temporarily.
At Whitney, q small station on the
Fitch Mouptain branch Of the Chicago
and Northwestern road, everything was
destroyed last night but the Charcoal
eornpany's store. The place is complete-
IL surrounded by fire aud the people
are flying for their lives. The loss cam
not be estimated now. No loss OF life
is reported thus far.
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Texas Train Robbers.
Galveston, May 19-The News An
tonic special says: The north-bound
express on the Missouri Pacific railroad,
which lsft this city at Z o'clock last
evening, encountered . gang Of train
robbers about 10 o'clo,k nt MoNeil's
station, twelve miles north OF Austin.
As the train slowed up at that station,
the robbers, to the number Of twelve or
fifteen, fired several volleys to intimi-
date the passengers. The train waB
held up Tor nearly half an hour, after
aascaas was allowed to proceed. The
doors of the express car were forced
open and about $4,000 taken. The mes
sengers were compelled to throw up
their hands, and were ordered to hand
over the cash and registered packages.
Postal Clerk Spalding says he distinctly
heard the order given by the leader:
.Don,t touch ary Of tine passengers and
don't shoot any Of our own men," The
messenger also says that he believes the
men were green hands ~ inc business.
Nitro-GI3eerfne Explosion.
st. Paul. May l9--A Dulsth special to
the Pioneer Press says: The nitro-gly-
cerine works at Spirit lake. eight miles
vest, exploded about noon yesterday,
doing much damage and perhaps killing
two men known TO have been in the
neighbofhood. The building was small.
but contained several tons of explosives.
The cause OF the exlosion is not known.
The site OF the building is marked by a
huge hole IN the ground nearly forty
feet deer. ALI the trees near by were
moved down and q large number of iron
tanks were crushed and twisted. Parts
OF The engine were found hall q mile
away and all the houses were more or
less damaged. The names ,of the men
thought to have been killed are not
known.
Nine residences and as many barns
wsfS totally or partially wrecked, and
trees in the vicinity were torn into
shreds. The shock Of the csncnssion was
plasnly felt in Duluth and many psnee
of gass were broken in Oneota, FIVE miles
distant, The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
Nebraska Quarantine.
Lincoln, May 1sth-To-day the live
stock and sanitary commissien revised